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ivan_hayes29
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1d ago
Used to run my tone and probe one jack at a time until a guy in Tulsa showed me his trick
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dakotawells
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2d ago
Thought my lead tech was messing with me about the coax staples, then I ran 40 drops in a Tucson hotel
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dianab68
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6d ago
A 22 year vet in Bakersfield told me to stop drilling pilot holes for staples in old wood, and my callbacks on 1950s tract homes dropped to zero
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iris_green84
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7d ago
I finally tried the trick a retiree showed me at a Dayton supply house about pre bending corners, and my runs look way cleaner
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the_ryan
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9d ago
Thought the toner probe was a rookie crutch until a guy in Dayton showed me his method
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taylor.jessica
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10d ago
Pro tip: $85 drop tester saved me from running a whole line back in Tucson
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fisher.diana
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17d ago
Two days to fix a 10 minute problem, my own grounding mistake
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johnson.ryan
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19d ago
The homeowner who timed me on every drop still bugs me
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taylorcarr
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19d ago
Spent 8 years stripping coax wrong, a rookie called it out
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faithjones
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21d ago
Burst coax cable in a crawlspace, now I bring a 5 gallon bucket everywhere
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susanh46
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21d ago
That 200 foot drop on a ladder day in Columbus
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sean_murray
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25d ago
Switched from paper maps to GPS on my tablet, finally
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amygonzalez
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1mo ago
A customer's complaint taught me to strip less
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felixw99
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1mo ago
Four hours chasing a ground fault in a house with chickens
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ruby_grant
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1mo ago
Changed my mind about cheap fish tape after a crawl space in Tulsa
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